Nancy considers the potential of voice control/voice activation applications for people with special needs – people like her son.Keep up with Nancy at the Intel Canada Facebook page.

Voice control for mobile devices seems to have suddenly hit the mainstream. Siri is your personal concierge on the iPhone 4s. Blackberry is giving away iSpeech. The upcoming Android 4.0 has more robust voice controls. There are some immediate benefits for us people who love apps — but what could it mean for those with special needs?